Heart Cake Recipe | Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
Heart Cake, a special cake to celebrate valentines day or any special occasions. Making a heart cake shape or hidden heart can make a great surprise for your loved ones on occasions like anniversary, birthday.. In this blog post I have shared detailed recipe for making hidden heart cake with step by step pictures and video.
Equipment
Loaf Pans
Oven or OTG
Heart Cookie Cutters
Electric Beater or Hand Whisk
Mixing Bowl
Spatula
Ingredients
For Rainbow Heart Cake
- 1½ cup All Purpose Flour | Maida 180 grams
- 1 cup Sugar 200 grams
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 3 large Eggs
- 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 175 grams Unsalted Butter
- ¼ cup Milk 60 ml
- Food Colours as needed red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink
For Vanilla Cake (outer cover cake)
- 1½ cup All Purpose Flour | Maida 180 grams
- ¾ cup Sugar 150 grams
- 180 grams Unsalted Butter
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 2 large Eggs
Instructions
For Cut Out Hearts
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with oil and dust it with flour. Coat on all sides and set aside.
- Now take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well. Add in eggs one at a time and whip till creamy. Now add in flour, baking powder and salt and fold gently. Add in milk and fold gently. Divide the batter between 6 bowls and add one food colouring in each one and mix well. Now spoon this into the loaf pan and use a skewer to make swirls on it.
- If you are not making rainbow hearts, you can add one solid colour to the batter. For example, red, pink or black colour and bake the cake.
- Now bake this in oven for 45 mins to 1 hour till the cake is done. Remove it and cool down completely. Now slice this into pieces and cut out heart shape using this. Put this in fridge for 30 mins to 1 hour or so.
For Vanilla Cake (outer cover cake)
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with oil and dust it with flour. Coat on all sides and set aside. Now take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well. Now add in eggs one at a time and whip till creamy. Add in flour, baking powder and salt and fold gently.
- Now take the loaf pan, spoon ¼ of the cake batter, spread evenly, now arrange the hearts on it and spoon the remaining batter in and bake for 35 mins to 45 mins. Now let the cake cool down, slice and serve.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Heart Cake Recipe | Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
572
% Daily Value*
Fat
32
g
49
%
Saturated Fat
19
g
119
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
8
g
Cholesterol
170
mg
57
%
Sodium
308
mg
13
%
Potassium
96
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
65
g
22
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
36
g
40
%
Protein
8
g
16
%
Vitamin A
1032
IU
21
%
Calcium
119
mg
12
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.